Colombia - The train crash over a milk truck near to Nemocón, originally uploaded by yalilaguiselle.
This photo from a Colombian Tourist Train, demonstrates the complete distain some people have for those old railroad crossing. As Mass Transit takes root around the globe, these tragic scenes will become more common place unless we work to inform drivers of the dangers of "playing with trains".
In this case the railroad is very modern, diesel powered and carrys large freights of coal from the mines, to various utilities, and for export. Nobody pays much attention to the "cute" weekend service for trourists using one of the old American made, Baldwin steam engines.
In this case the milk delivery truck simply decided he was bigger and faster, a fatal mistake. No truck, no automobile and certainly no pedestrian is the equal to 300,000 pounds of locomotive. Had the train been modern transit, Light Rail, or one of Colombia's modern European type passenger trains, the results would have been similar. If ever in doubt, just remember the rules, STOP - LOOK - LISTEN.
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